Run. Run Sakura. Don't let them catch us.
She ran. Hard. Carefully. Trees were blurs and leaves scattered at the speed.
They're gonna get us. Don't let them. Sakura, listen to me. I'm your only hope.
She flinched, but kept running. The pressure of the wind blowing in her face burned her eyes and pulled at her semi short hair.
They're behind us!
Strained, green eyes flew open as she froze. The wind stopped.
"No."
A pale face shook from side to side.
"No..."
Her own hands grasped her face as her head shook faster. Her body trembled.
Why did you stop? They're right behind us. They got us now. It's your entire fault.
"NOOOOOOOO!"
Sakura thrashed around, kicking trees and throwing her fist around as a complete deadly weapon. She couldn't comprehend on what she was doing. She couldn't focus on anything. Everything is the enemy.
"Itachi! This girl has gone out of control!"
A blue character jumped back, avoiding every blow nearing him, Samehade tempting to fall off of his back.
The other smaller character, revealed as Itachi, jumped a few feet back too.
"I have warned you that this girl is no longer sane. She is labeled as threatening, furthermore, exceedingly risky."
Sneering, Kisame placed a hand over the handle of his only sword as the thrashing adolescent dared to come closer.
Itachi took notice of this.
"However, she is to be unharmed."
A presence was sensed a little too close for their liking.
"Graaaaaaah! Get away from me!"
A broad tree branch snapped, but swooped down behind Kisame, causing him to flip toward the earth with a loud 'CRASH'. A number of trees followed behind.
Whilst that kept Kisame busy, Sakura had positioned her aim to target Itachi, who had also started to calculate her every move.
Punch him. Kick him. Hurt him, Sakura. Hurt him for us.
"Shut up! Leave me alone!"
The thrashing continued.
Punch.
Dodge.
Kick.
Dodge.
Another kick.
Deflect.
Sakura pulled out a kunai.
Swipe.
Dodge.
Swipe.
Dodge.
Itachi pulled out a kunai.
Swipe, swipe. Swipe.
Dodge, deflect. Deflect.
Irritating her to no end, Itachi continued to dodge and deflect. He refused to fight.
Swipe, swipe, kick, swipe.
Dodge, deflect…
Some how she had succeeded to kick him in the arm, winning a slice as well.
Hurt him, Sakura. Hurt him more. Make him feel. Make him feel it all.
Her fist flew forward. Itachi quickly recovered from the first couple of hits, but was not prepared for this. Her chakra induced knuckles inched closer and closer to his jaw.
CRACK!
A bone had broken. Sakura fell to the ground, hissing in sheer pain. Her wrist was limp but supported with her other hand.
A still scowling Kisame had saved Itachi from his almost quick fate.
"Itachi… I think… I hate… that girl." The man had said in between gasps.
An eyebrow was just lifted. His cheek stung in response. Sakura's strike may not have reached its objective, but her chakra had created and almost-fatal burn to his face.
"Have you not remembered of what I had said? She was not to be harmed in any way, Kisame."
Small, round eyes flickered toward Sakura's direction. She was rolling around on the dirt, screaming in horror of her broken wrist. Kisame sneered again.
"Look at her. She so pathetic though. She can't be that important for this sort of mission."
"She is to be studied upon. We will be placing physical tests on her when we take her back."
The elder Uchiha glanced at Sakura. Sighing lightly, he traced his burn with one of his ring fingers.
"She will also go through a series of mental test when she is proven to be ready. She holds valuable data."
Itachi looked back at Kisame. Kisame looked at Itachi. It was quiet with the exception of Sakura's constant screaming and yelling. Her pleads of mercy. It continued over and over, repeating like a broken record. Sakura was a broken record.
You're gonna die Sakura. You're gonna die alone. No one is going to help you. No one is ever going to want to. You are by yourself. You are not lo-
"AhhhhhhhhhHHHHHAHHHHHHHH! SHUT UP! Leave me alone… please… just alone… I'm not… alone… no…"
(_!_!_)
Tsunade slammed her hands on the desk, threatening to split the wood in half.
"Hatake! Enough of this! We will find Sakura, but we can't exactly do anything at this moment!"
Kakashi took a step forward. He had no intentions to be intimidated right now.
"We can search for her, at the least! She should be nearby still, so we still can get to her! Sakura could still be here if it weren't for you!"
"I already told you, Kakashi! I can't do anything about it! It wasn't my decision! If it were, this issue would never be brought upon!"
The blonde had growled after her share of shouts. This was an extremely serious problem. Sakura had run pretty quickly from deep inside the Hokage's building. Now, the young woman was gone. With very important information.
Her headache was pounding with each thought.
"We… cannot, whatsoever, have Naruto hear of this. In fact, I should send ANBU to keep an eye on him."
Kakashi nodded in agreement, hoping to get more from this.
"You know as well as I do that he will go look for her himself. Ever since Sasuke left… you know where this is going. I cannot allow him to chase her when she could be very well into an unstable state of mind. If she… she…"
Tsunade's voice cracked a little. Tears gathered in her eyes. Her only student. Her daughter-like figure. She was gone. She can't do anything.
"If anything happens to her… I wouldn't have enough of me to take it. She's… so… important to me…"
Kakashi stayed silent. His eyes burned holes in the floorboards. Gloved fists were gripped into fists.
"And so, we should search for her immediately. If she's that important, she needs to be found."
Tears streaked Tsunade's face nonstop. Whimpers of sorrow and worry escaped her lips every now and then.
"What if we can't…?"
Her hands covered her mouth as she felt a rush of incredible pain reach her. She had to find Sakura.
